For more proffesional use it would need upgrading .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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The compaq Evo D500 p4 1.6ghz is a good pc in many ways
1)The graphics card has a 3d hardware accelerator so you can play basic 3d games. This isn't integrated so that means that you can take it out and put in a new one I did exactly that and that turned it into a gaming machine.
2) It has 256 mb of Ram in one slot and there are three so again lots of room for upgrading but unless you want' to do a high powered process like video editing 256 is plenty for doing what a home pc should do.
3)It has a 20gb Hard drive this is good because it means that the pc can stay small as this isn't a very big hard drive and if you are thinking of buying it do not be put off by this as you can get an external hard drive these days for about £60.
I gave this pc 4 stars because it is very practicle as it is small yet powerful and with 2 pci slots you could add things like usb 2.0 or firewire.
Great overall computer and i would reccomend to anyone no matter how much they know about computers or any other technology. Great for first time users.
Thankyou for reading Sam
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Reliability
Excellent
Memory / capacity
Excellent
Range of Extra Features
Good
Instruction manual
Good
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